Staff Engineer / Technical Lead Azure/.NET
About the job
- 8+ years of professional backend development experience with C# and the .NET ecosystem, including ASP.NET Core, .NET 8/10, Entity Framework Core, REST APIs, and OpenAPI/Swagger.
- A strong architectural mindset for designing scalable, resilient distributed systems.
- Experience designing cloud-native systems on Microsoft Azure, including microservices, event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and API-first design.
- Hands-on use of core Azure services such as Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure Functions, App Services, Key Vault, and Application Insights.
- Experience designing secure, cost-optimized cloud architectures covering networking, identity and access management, and application security.
- Experience building production systems with continuous integration and continuous delivery, Infrastructure as Code, and observability practices.
- Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including SQL Server, Cosmos DB, and MongoDB.
- Experience working across heterogeneous systems, integrating .NET services, PHP applications, and third-party or enterprise platforms such as SAP, REST APIs, and SOAP APIs.
- A track record of mentoring engineers, leading technical reviews, and driving engineering standards across teams, ideally within Agile, cross-functional environments.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Own the architecture and technical direction of critical services, leading the design and implementation of complex backend and cloud-native solutions.
- Lead technical investigations, proof of concepts, and modernization and refactoring strategies by identifying technical debt and driving pragmatic long-term platform improvements.
- Collaborate across .NET, PHP, DevOps, QA, Product, and external teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, pair programming, and technical coaching.
- Drive engineering excellence through best practices in testing, security, observability, and operational reliability, including incident and root-cause support and contributions to engineering standards and documentation.
- Promote AI-assisted engineering practices to improve developer productivity and software quality.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf, and using them to improve development, testing, and documentation workflows.
- Deep grounding in clean architecture and domain-driven design principles.
- Direct experience integrating with SAP or comparable large-scale enterprise platforms.
- Terraform experience.
About the company
BBG is a global e-commerce group that creates, buys, and scales brands for direct-to-consumer markets, selling through more than 70 own webshops across 28 European countries and on major marketplaces like Amazon. Its products include a wide range of home and lifestyle items, many with built-in technology such as IoT devices controlled via apps, with Klarstein as its flagship brand. The company differentiates itself by managing brands end-to-end, maintaining a large cross-border D2C and marketplace network, and integrating technology to improve both products and customer experience, while growing through selective acquisitions. Its goal is to sustain growth by expanding its brand portfolio and geographic footprint and by using technology to enhance products and the customer experience.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$1B
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2005
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- December 2025 trade reporting says BBG reverted to Chal-Tec and refocused on Klarstein.
- Presseportal reported €250 million for acquisitions over 18 months in September 2026.
- BBG's 2026 sites still market Klarstein globally and refresh product lines.
What critics are saying
- January 2024 layoffs cut about 100 jobs, signaling post-boom contraction.
- Klarstein reportedly drives about 90 percent of revenue, creating single-brand concentration risk.
- If HPS stops funding roll-ups, BBG loses the acquisition engine that built it.
What makes Berlin Brands Group unique
- Klarstein, auna, and blumfeldt give BBG owned-brand reach across Europe.
- BBG still runs 70-plus webshops in 28 countries, not only Amazon.
- HPS backed BBG's 2024 control transition, keeping acquisition firepower available.
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Benefits
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Options
- 401(k) Company Match
- Professional Development Budget
- Mental Health Support
- Wellness Program